Biogenic carbon and anthropogenic pollutants combine to form a cooling haze over the southeastern United States

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 8835-8840

  Goldstein, Allen H ^a   Koven, Charles D ^a,b   Heald, Colette L ^a,c   Fung, Inez Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Biogenic volatile organic compound; Climate; Remote sensing; Secondary organic aerosols

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 14; ISOPRENE; NITROUS OXIDE; SULFATE; VOLATILE AGENT;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HAZE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; CLIMATIC PROCESSES; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; UNITED STATES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 67049154063     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0904128106     Document Type: Article

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